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Shreveport airport guard on leave after shooting cab

A Shreveport Regional Airport security guard is on leave after allegedly shooting at a cab parked at the airport Tuesday night. Shreveport police are investigating the incident. No charges have been filed.

The incident took place around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in front of the terminal where passengers are dropped off and picked up. Hines was not sure if any other people were around when the gunshot was fired from the security officer's duty weapon. No one was injured.

The security officer and cab driver did not know each other, Hines said.

Officers who work at the airport are employed through the Shreveport Regional Airport Authority and act as a mini police force for the facility. Like any officer, they carry firearms.

And they go through the same training as all police officers, said Mark Crawford, Shreveport Regional Airport marketing and public relations manager.

"They are post-certified police officers. They go through the same academy that the regular Shreveport officers use. They are in fact actual police officers. They are a separate police force from the Shreveport Police Department. We will hire them and they have to go the regular police academy, if they have not done so," Crawford said.

Because of the ongoing investigation, Crawford said he could not comment on specifics of what took place. Airport Police Chief Harold Carpenter was off today and unavailable for comment.